For Parents

This section is full of information and recommendations for youth, giving them information teaching them about making healthy choices that will affect them the rest of their lives. In the past several years, children have begun being diagnosed with historically "adult diseases" such as Type 2 diabetes largely because of the foods they eat and lack of exercise. To reverse this trend, children and teenagers need to move more and learn to make healthy food choices. For more information on healthy lifestyles, check out the links below:

Physical Activity

Information about the benefits of being physical active, recommendations on how much activity and help on how to get started exercising.

 

 

 

Nutrition

Information on balancing calories taken in with calories burned, making healthy choices and a link to mypyramid.gov with a tool to track what we eat.

 

 

 

Tobacco Prevention

Information about youth tobacco use and how to keep teens from starting smoking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Parent Resources

For general information on your child's health, visit the Kids Health webpage specifically for parents.